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| author | Ahmad Samir <a.samirh78@gmail.com> | 2023-03-27 19:44:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Ahmad Samir <a.samirh78@gmail.com> | 2023-04-08 13:21:39 +0200 |
| commit | 595112ea501849d2449e870835c5be97fc4b774b (patch) | |
| tree | eae1f4e0c2bd435abd68d5deccea056a65326524 /src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp | |
| parent | b58606ed851e21b64b72c8f86926d5e5adb56ec7 (diff) | |
QStorageInfo: mention bind mounts and btrfs subvolumes in API docs
Sepcifically in the subvolume() method's docs.
Change-Id: Ib14492f8366bf00a6a4ab399ff8ad20009be5886
Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: hjk <hjk@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp index 25b11103b9..2a12c2cd85 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/io/qstorageinfo.cpp @@ -241,9 +241,10 @@ QByteArray QStorageInfo::device() const Returns the subvolume name for this volume. Some filesystem types allow multiple subvolumes inside one device, which - may be mounted in different paths. If the subvolume could be detected, it - is returned here. The format of the subvolume name is specific to each - filesystem type. + may be mounted in different paths (e.g. 'bind' mounts on Unix, or Btrfs + filesystem subvolumes). If the subvolume could be detected, its name is + returned by this function. The format of the subvolume name is specific + to each filesystem type. If this volume was not mounted from a subvolume of a larger filesystem or if the subvolume could not be detected, this function returns an empty byte |